#DABB40#DABB40

#DABB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.141 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DABB40
RGB	rgb(218, 187, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 70.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, -1.91, 63.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 63.34, 91.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% -0.0113 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.141 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.6116, 50.8188, 12.1507)
Luminance	0.5082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DABB40 #405FDA

analogous

#DA6E40 #DABB40 #ACDA40

triadic

#DABB40 #40DABB #BB40DA

tetradic

#DABB40 #40DA6E #405FDA #DA40AC

square

#DABB40 #40DA6E #405FDA #DA40AC

split-complementary

#DABB40 #40ACDA #6E40DA

monochromatic

#86701A #B99B24 #DABB40 #E4CD73 #EEE0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DABB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#DABB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DABB40

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DABB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DABB40	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dabb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 187, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.141 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cf7c',
    500: '#dabb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dabb40;
$custom-light: #e9cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dabb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.922,
    "s": 67.544,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79743,
    "c": 0.1414,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DABB40

secondary

#32448C

accent

#60EA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DABB40

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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